Topic summary
⁠53%2 analyzed articles/videos943 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legislative Analysis results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 797 hits. Analysis detected 7,448 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,032 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (13,504 of 16,562 topics). This Legislative Analysis is better (less manipulative) than 81.50% of the peer group.
Legislative Analysis
Topic details
Total words: 10,032
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510018.5% percentile
1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles10K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 7.5%7.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.5%, sitewide 3.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos